Items

• 2018.2: 1887 Jubilee Exhibition medallion

  On the front: picture of Victoria Hall, surrounded by the words 'The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' with '1887' at the base. On the reverse: Head of Queen Victoria.
• 2018.41.4: Saltaire Mills from the North West

  Framed brown and green toned print of 'Saltaire Mills from the North West. The image shows very few houses but the Mill is complete along with the church and Victoria Hall. Victoria Hall was completed in 1869 so this image must be from the 1870's before the building of the village was complete.
• C2a-046a-b: Wedding photograph

  Photograph (with identification information) of marriage of Albert Smith and Alice Ince 2nd Sept 1901. Taken at Victoria Hall
• C2b-086: General William Booth arrives in Saltaire

  Photograph of the arrival of General William Booth of the Salvation Army to Victoria Hall in 1907
• C2b-094a-d: Army Medical Corp

  Photograph of the Army Medical Corps 'Shipley' detachment outside Victoria Hall, Sataire in 1914. Also an extract from the Shipley Times and Express
• C2b-105a-i: Stonemason's marks

  Collection of 9 photographs of stone-mason's marks on the tower of Victoria Hall
• C3a-097: Red Cross Corps

  Photograph of 'Red Cross Corps outside Victoria Hall in World War 1'
• D1-003: Lecture at the Saltaire Institute

  A copy of a report from the Saltaire Magazine of 1871 of the first lecture to be held in the Saltaire Club and Institute on 18 January . The lecture was given by W.F. Barrett of London on the subject of 'Electricity and the Electric Telegraph'. The article reports that there were 600 people present. The lecturer demonstrated ideas using successful experients. Half the article is taken up with a condemnation of the actions of 'boys' in the audience who had 'chewed tobacco, and polluted the floor in several parts of the hall with their filthy spittals'.
• D1-083: Grand concert

  Poster for a Grand Concert at Victoria Hall 18th November 1925 in aid of Sir Titus Salt's Hospital. THe poster lists 6 performers including 4 singers, a humorist and someone 'in character sketches'.
• D1-092a-b: Victorian Reed Organ and Harmonica Museum

  2 Laminated copies of an article in the Yorkshire Post on the 'Victorian Reed Organ and Harmonica Museum' in Victoria Hall, Saltaire, run by Pam & Phil Fluke
• D1-133: Leisure - Groups and Societies: Victoria Hall

  A letter from the Secretary of the Saltaire Conversazione to the Manager of the Bradford Equitable Building Sociey re. their account at the bank
• D1-136: Leisure - Groups and Societies: Victoria Hall

  A letter from the Town Clerk of Shipley Urban District Council accepting the cancellation of Saltaire Conversazione on 2nd January.
• D1-146: Opening of the Victorian Reed Organ Museum

  Telegraph & Argus cuttings on the opening of the Victorian Reed Organ Museum in Victoria Hall
• D1-147: Victorian Reed Organ Museum

  Telegraph & Argus cuttings on the Victorian Reed Organ Museum in Victoria Hall
• E2-004a-c: Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair

  3 Photocopy pages from :'Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair'. The Fair was held in the Saltaire Institute (now known as Victoria Hall) from 12 to 22 February 1896. The Fair was held to raise funds to clear debts owned by Saltaire Schools, largely from the construction of the new Technical School on Exhibition Road, opened in 1887. The document gives thanks to the many people involved in producing the Fair. It reports there was a profit of £3702 and 19 shillings, a large sum at that time. The accounts show the sums raised by the various stalls, and details payments to various entertainers.
• E2-061a-d: Fee Receipt for James Lambert's Art Class

  'The Salts School: The Institute Class Fee Receipt for James Lambert's Art Class (24th May 1886)
• F1b-061a: Shipley

  Photograph of 'Princess Hall Cinema' Shipley
• 2022.28: Bradford City Hall - A History and Guide

  Coloured paperback book - Map of Bradford on 1st page. Coloured and black and white photographs inside
• 2019.46.26: 3 colour photographs of Exhibition Road Building Entrance

  Photo 1 shows the front door and mosaic floor. Photo 2 shows the entrance hall and pot plant. Photo 3 shows the entrance hall and notice board
• D1-165: Photograph of attendees of a Saltaire Conversazione

  A photograph of a large group of people in Victoria Hall attending a Saltaire Conversazione. The group is posed with people standing, sitting on chairs or sitting on the floor. All are wearing evening-wear.